Baby Loss Awareness UK Week takes place from 9-15th October and we will be remembering all of those babies who touched our lives but we didn’t get to see grow.
Join us on Sunday the 15th October from 2pm, for a short, beautiful service of remembrance for anyone who has ever experienced the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy or after birth.
The event is an informal service, for anyone who has ever been affected by the loss of a baby. There will be some readings, and some music as well as short talks. There will be opportunity for people to light candles in memory of their little ones. It’s a chance to meet others who have some understanding of the impact of baby loss over a cup of tea and some cake. The whole event will last up to 45 minutes. Afterwards people can draw chalk hearts on the floor of the Cathedral Ruins.
The national Baby Loss Awareness Week is led by Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, in collaboration with more than 40 charities across the UK. Locally, NHS Trusts, groups and charities across Coventry and Warwickshire have shared information and organised events each year to support local families during this valuable campaign week.
Organisers of the event said: “We hope our beautiful and uplifting service will help those who have been affected feel more connected and less alone.
“We want to support families to help to break the silence and talk openly about baby loss.
Wave of Light: This marks the end of Baby Loss Awareness Week. All over the world, at 7 pm, candles are lit as a way of remembering all babies who have died too soon. Photos of the candles can be posted on social media using #WaveOfLight
For more information about national baby loss awareness week please visit www.babyloss-awareness.org.
